Pros
There are still some good people left. I've had good managers since I've started. Other engineers are generally smart, kind, and happy to pair or help with tricky tasks. On-call rotations on my team are frequent but mostly painless, though there are occasional after-hours emergencies. Work-life balance is good as long as you are able to protect your own time. PTO is unlimited but needs to be approved by your manager; I've taken ~5 weeks per year. But the CEO and other leaders do glorify working long hours and "making sacrifices", so if your manager is drinking that kool-aid then your experience may be different. I find values-alignment with most people I interact with on the ground level, but not in leadership. My job feels relatively secure (as much as you can as an engineer at a tech company), but they did lay off ~8% of us a little over a year ago.
Cons
Senior leadership doesn't care about feedback from employees and doesn't seem to care about making us feel valued. They have treated us like kindergartners during the RTO process. Internal communication surrounding the new attendance policy (mandatory in-office TWR) has been condescending, rude, distrustful, and dismissive. Since becoming a public company in 2024, almost all of the extra perks have disappeared in the pursuit of profit. We used to have half days on Fridays in the summer, the freedom to work remotely when traveling, free bagels on Wednesdays, a lifestyle-spending account for health and well-being; all of that is gone. We do get one free lunch in the office per week, but $23/week is hardly anything to brag about. Annual comp changes at the end of 2025 were ~3% extra cash as well as an additional stock grant. But the stock price has tanked since the IPO, and the company is desperately spending millions on stock buy backs to keep it afloat. Not a lot to be hopeful about for the future, but we'll see.